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About 40 percent of invertebrate pollinator species such as bees and butterflies are facing extinction, according to the global assessment.

Why is a 200-year-old icon of the medical field still in wide use in the digital age? Some say modern tools are more informative and worth the extra cost, but the stethoscope has staunch defenders.

Health and environmental advocates say Americans need to cut back on meat. But are we listening? A new survey suggests we're shifting our diets ever so slightly.

Director Tom McCarthy and former Globe editor Walter Robinson discuss Spotlight, the Oscar-nominated film about Boston's clergy sex abuse scandal. Originally broadcast Oct. 29, 2015.

It's the day when the most states vote and the most delegates are at stake. It can be determinative in who becomes the presidential nominee for either party.

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Adi, an optometrist in Indonesia, offers forgiveness — if they'll admit to what they did during the mid-1960s massacre. The documentary The Look of Silence airs on PBS tonight.

In what they say is a quest to create a better human, body hackers implant digital devices into their bodies. They recently held a conference devoted to this unique embedding of data.

Nothing about Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been traditional. But even veteran political watchers are surprised at how Trump eschews campaign staples, such as volunteers and handlers.

After Gov. Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump, political correspondent Don Gonyea talks to NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro about the latest election twists and turns.